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Seizure Vol 22, 2013, pg 326 schreef:Lego®-induced seizures: From an exceptional case towards the building blocks of generalised epilepsy
A 13-year-old boy was referred to our outpatient clinic after one seizure. The day before the referral, his father had found him convulsive on the floor. After a couple of minutes the seizure stopped and he remained postictally confused, somnolent and dysarthric for a while. There was no tongue bite or urinary incontinence.
On asking the boy what had happened, he told us he had been playing with Lego® bricks just before the seizure. He was used to putting the Lego® bricks together by pressing firmly. In the past year he had sometimes experienced electrical shocks in his left hand during compression of the Lego® bricks. He usually stopped playing when this occurred, but this time he wished to finish his Lego® construction. He first experienced twitches in his left hand, continuing into his entire arm, after which he lost consciousness.
The boy had a history of febrile seizures at the age of seven. His mother's pregnancy and his birth and development had been uncomplicated. The family history revealed that his mother had been diagnosed with JME at the age of 11. She uses valproic acid. The patient was righthanded and his neurological examination was normal. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain with gadolinium contrast and a standard electroencephalogram (EEG) showed no abnormalities. An EEG was repeated whilst the boy played with Lego®. Playing with bricks elicited generalised polyspike waves which coincided with left arm contractions (Fig. 1). Photostimulation, performed practically in accordance with the recently updated European algorithm6 did not provoke epileptiform discharges. The diagnosis of reflex seizures was made. As there were no unprovoked seizures, the patient was advised to stop playing firmly with Lego® when electrical sensations occur, and no anticonvulsive medication was started. In the next eight months several isolated shocks in the hand were reported and the patient withdrew from further follow up.
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